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Artworks
ANIRNIK OSHUITOQ (1902-1983) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Shore Bird, 1961 #68Printmaker: LUKTA QIATSUK (1928-2004) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 25.75 x 20 in (65.4 x 50.8 cm)
10/50LOT 10
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600
PRICE REALIZED: $720.00Born near the present day settlement of Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) in his Eskimo Prints, James Houston referred to Anirnik as 'a small quick woman full of stoicism and good humour'...Born near the present day settlement of Kimmirut (Lake Harbour) in his Eskimo Prints, James Houston referred to Anirnik as "a small quick woman full of stoicism and good humour" (1967, p. 94). Certainly a sense of 'good humour' can be felt in the present print, the subject for which is a highly idiosyncratic depiction of a shore bird with exaggerated and whimsical attributes.
Provenance
Private Collection, Hamilton.
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